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Section Name: Industry Material
Base Level: No Spider-Man

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This section lists various generally more serious books about the comics industry as a whole, and more specifically about Spider-Man and about Marvel.

The topics are various, covering things such as how to write comics, analysis of the techniques used in comics, and the social impact of comics. Other books here cover the history of Marvel, including specific episodes in Marvel's history such as their 80s/90s struggle with bankruptcy.

If you're looking to perform get help with an introduction into the more academic issues related to the history and social impact of the comic book genre, then these books represent our list of suggestions.

	The Steranko History of Comics 1  Summary: Spider-Man on Cover
	No Month 1970 : NM ($40.00) : SM Article
	Publisher:  Supergraphics Writer:  Jim Steranko Cover Art:  Jim Steranko	Staff Only Issue Review
	Comix: A History of Comic Books in America  FIND @ Amazon
	No Month 1971 : NM ($40.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (4 Webs)
	Publisher:  Bonanza Books Writer:  Les Daniels Artist:  John Peck	Staff Only Issue Review
	The Steranko History of Comics 2  Summary: Spider-Man on Cover
	No Month 1972 : NM ($30.00) : SM Article
	Publisher:  Supergraphics Writer:  Jim Steranko Cover Art:  Jim Steranko	Staff Only Issue Review
	The Steranko History of Comics 2 (Second Edition)  Summary: Spider-Man on cover
	No Month 1972 : NM ($30.00) : SM Article
	Publisher:  Supergraphics Writer:  Jim Steranko Cover Art:  Jim Steranko	Staff Only Issue Review
	TV 79  Summary: Spider-Man on Cover; Chapter on Nicholas Hammond
	No Month 1978 : NM ($15.00) : SM Article
	Publisher:  Scholastic Book Services Writer:  Peggy Herz	Staff Only Issue Review
	Will Eisner: Comics & Sequential Art  FIND @ Amazon
	Nov 1985 : NM ($25.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (5 Webs)
	Publisher:  Poorhouse Press Writer:  Will Eisner Artist:  Will Eisner	Staff Only Issue Review
	The Comic Book Makers  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Biography of Joe Simon (includes Untold Origin of Spider-Man)
	No Month 1990 : NM ($20.00) : SM Article  Review by The Editor (5 Webs)
	Publisher:  Vanguard Productions Writer:  Jim Simon, Joe Simon	Staff Only Issue Review
	Start Collecting Comic Books  FIND @ Amazon
	Dec 1990 : NM ($10.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (1.5 Webs)
	Publisher:  Running Press Writer:  Harold Schechter	Staff Only Issue Review
	Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Contains Much Spider-Man Information
	Sep 1991 : NM ($40.00) : SM Article  Review by The Editor (5 Webs)
	Publisher:  Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Writer:  Les Daniels Introduction:  Stan Lee	Staff Only Issue Review
	From Aargh To Zap!  Story: "Harvey Kurtzman's Visual History of the Comics"  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man on Cover; Featured in "The Super-Hero Revival" Chapter
	No Month 1991 : NM ($25.00) : SM Article
	Publisher:  Prentice Hall Press Writer:  Harvey Kurtzman, Michael Barrier	Staff Only Issue Review
	The Art of Jack Kirby  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man References: Reprints covers of Amazing Fantasty #15, Fantastic Four Annual #1, Amazing Spider-Man #1, Amazing Spider-Man #10
	No Month 1992 : NM ($29.00) : SM Reference
	Editor:  Catherine Hohlfeld, Greg Baisden	Staff Only Issue Review
	Funny Papers: Behind the Scenes of the Comics  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man on Cover; Reprints Spider-Man Newspaper Strip from September 1, 1993
	No Month 1993 : NM ($20.00) : SM Article
	Publisher:  Morrow Junior Books Writer:  Elaine Scott Photographer:  Margaret Miller	Staff Only Issue Review
	Jack Kirby's Heroes and Villains: Black Magic Edition  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man Pin-Up
	No Month 1994 : NM ($13.00) : SM Article
	Editor:  Greg Theakston Artist:  Jack Kirby (Pin-Ups) Inker:  Frank Miller (Pin-Ups)	Staff Only Issue Review
	Marvel Universe  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man Chapter; On Cover
	No Month 1996 : NM ($40.00) : SM Article
	Publisher:  Abradale Press (Harry N. Abrams, Inc.) Writer:  Peter Sanderson	Staff Only Issue Review
	Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers
	Feb 1999 : NM ($18.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (3 Webs)
	Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi Writer:  Matthew J. Pustz	Staff Only Issue Review
	Marvel: Their Characters and Their Universe  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Includes Chapter on Spider-Man
	No Month 2001 : NM ($40.00) : SM Article
	Writer:  Michael Mallory Cover Art:  Gregg Schigiel, Scott Elmer	Staff Only Issue Review
	Kiddie Meal Collectibles  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man toy on Cover and within
	No Month 2001 : NM ($25.00) : SM Article
	Writer:  Alex G. Malloy, Robert J. Sodaro	Staff Only Issue Review
	500 Great Comic Book Action Heroes  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man Feature, Spider-Man on Cover
	No Month 2002 : NM ($19.00) : SM Article
	Publisher:  Barron's Writer:  Mike Conroy Foreword:  Will Eisner	Staff Only Issue Review
	Comic Wars  FIND @ Amazon
	Apr 2002 : NM ($25.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (3.5 Webs)
	Publisher:  Broadway Books Writer:  Dan Raviv	Staff Only Issue Review
	The Science of Superheroes  FIND @ Amazon
	Sep 2002 : NM ($25.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (3 Webs)
	Writer:  Lois Gresh, Robert Weinberg	Staff Only Issue Review
	Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Autobiography of Stan Lee (Spider-Man on Cover)
	May 2002 : NM ($14.00) : SM Article  Review by The Editor (4.5 Webs)
	Publisher:  Schuster New York, Simon Writer:  George Mair, Stan Lee	Staff Only Issue Review
	The Silver Age of Comic Book Art  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man Appears in Steve Ditko Chapter and Elsewhere
	No Month 2003 : NM ($20.00) : SM Article
	Publisher:  Collectors Press Writer/Designer:  Arlen Schumer	Staff Only Issue Review
	Comic Book Nation  FIND @ Amazon
	Oct 2003 : NM ($15.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (5 Webs)
	Publisher:  The Johns Hopkins University Press Writer:  Bradford W. Wright	Staff Only Issue Review
	Baby Boomer Comics  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: The Wild, Wacky, Wonderful Comic Books of the 1960s (Spider-Man Appears)
	Nov 2003 : NM ($28.00) : SM Article  Review by The Editor (3 Webs)
	Publisher:  Krause Publications Writer:  Craig Shutt Illustrator:  Jim Mooney	Staff Only Issue Review
	500 Comic Book Villains  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man Cameos: Features on Arcade, Beetle, Boomerang, Chameleon, Dr. Doom, Cobra, Cyclone, Demogoblin, Dr. Octopus, Electro, Green Goblin I, II, III, IV, Hobgoblin I, II, III, IV, Hydro-Man, Jack O'Lantern II, III, Juggernaut, Kraven the Hunter I, II, Kingpin, Mysterio I, II, Ox, Rhino, Sandman, Scorpion, Silvermane, Vermin, Vulture II, V, Joystick, Llyra, Man-Killer, Spider-Woman I, II, Titania, Circus of Crime, Enforcers, Lizard, Mephisto, Venom
	No Month 2004 : NM ($19.00) : SM Article
	Publisher:  Barron's Writer:  Mike Conroy Foreword:  Roy Thomas	Staff Only Issue Review

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